Contract Performance Engineer

Closing Date

**Job Title: Contract Performance Engineer

Location: Flexible

Perm/FTC: Permanent

Hours: 37

Salary: Up to £45,000 - Depending on knowledge, skills and experience**
As a Contractor Performance Engineer, you will provide a cost-effective maintenance solutions service to Southern Water's operational sites, tenanted properties and external customers. To support the delivery and management of the operational contracts service.

The successful candidate would be responsible for the work life cycle; investigating cost effective options that meet operational needs, defining and communicating scope to contractors, managing the quality, cost and timely delivery of planned & reactive solutions and managing appropriate post-delivery close out.

You will be responsible for the contract administration of multiple contracts including cost and budget management, contract compliance, reporting and cost verification and Health & Safety performance of Contractors

This is an important role in the Company, where the post holder will be expected to use their skills and experience in financial and works management to ensure that projects and work programmes have robust cost and Health & Safety control.

We are looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills and who is adept at problem solving, whilst understanding the importance of being able to communicate effectively with both internal and external partners and stakeholders. Good negotiation skills with up-to-date knowledge of Health & Safety practices and contract management are essential for this role.

You will need to be a positive person who likes a challenge as this role will require you to manage and balance issues / problems against cost and budget restraints, but at the same time ensuring that essential works are carried out to the required standard avoiding a 'Sticky Plaster' situation.

You Will Have The Following

• Sound knowledge of maintenance work
• Sound knowledge of environmental considerations.
• Thorough knowledge of contract conditions
• Good IT skills
• Sound H&S knowledge to support delivery of maintenance work and reactive activities commercial effectiveness and business expertise
• Skills to deliver cost effective solutions that meet the needs of Operations and Customers requiring a high degree of liaison between site owners / Customer and contractors and directly leading to delivery of stretching objectives
• Skills in cost management and budget monitoring
• Skills in cost analysis
• Financial awareness
• Risk and Compliance awareness with understanding of the risks associated with maintenance work and reactive work on operational activities e.g. wastewater compliance, pollutions, water quality etc.
• Understanding of the H&S risks associated with different work streams and individual jobs.
• Business Skills
• Contract/Service Management
• An understanding of operational activities as they are affected by the duties of this role.
• Strong financial awareness
• Good analytical skills
• Accountable
• Performance and delivery focussed
• Personal and Interpersonal Skills
• Strong ability to deliver against financial targets and timescales
• Highly organised and able to multi-task
• Ability to prioritise competing demands
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good networking skills
• Strong influencing skills
• Good negotiating ability
• Job holder will act with significant autonomy and will use their discretion based on knowledge and experience to deliver solutions for Operations and Customers alike.
• Build strong and effective working relationships with Contractors, Operations and other stakeholders

Leadership and Management

• Ability to secure high levels of service from contractors ensuring contractor awareness of service and H&S requirements.
• Mechanical/Electrical Experience and or Qualifications
• Contract management Experience and or Qualification
• Experience of SW operations
• A good understanding/experience of maintenance work and reactive requirements
• Knowledge of contract conditions and their applications
• Understanding of supplier/contractor relationship management

As well as the friendly and welcoming team and competitive salary, other benefits include:

• A company van (for business use only) which you can take home, and a fuel card
• All necessary PPE, tools, uniform and training to excel in your career at Southern Water
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• BUPA cash plan cover (with options to upgrade for family coverage)
• Free annual flu jab and eye test vouchers
• Pension contributions up to 11% (depending on your contribution)
• An employee assistance program
• A network of sports and social clubs
• Company and performance-related bonus
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity & paternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Join Southern Water and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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We have the right to close this advert earlier than advertised due to volume of applications.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered